GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| append | attach |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |